Homeboykris collapsed after the first race of the day while walking back to his barn. Track officials are saying that the 9-year-old horse most likely passed due to cardiovascular collapse.
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Pramedya was owned by Roy and Gretchen Jackson of Lael Stable, who had previously owned Barbaro, the Kentucky Derby champion who was injured 10 years ago at the Preakness and eventually had to be euthanized.
RUFFIAN: After capturing the nation’s attention with dominant wins in her first 10 races, Ruffian shattered her right front ankle in a 1975 match race with Kentucky Derby victor Foolish Pleasure at Belmont Park. Pramedya had won two of her first four career starts, including one race this year.
“The horse, a 9-year-old gelding, won the race but died after leaving the winner’s circle”.
The horse, wearing number eight, suffered a bone fracture and had to be euthanized on the track. The horse’s jockey, Daniel Centeno, broke his collarbone from the fall and was taken to the hospital.
Later Saturday, Derby victor Nyquist was set to take on 10 rivals in the Preakness Stakes.
The National Weather Service is predicting a 100 percent of rain throughout the day, along with wind at gusts of up to 20 miles per hour. I mean, he went out a victor.
O’Neill said yesterday: ‘With a horse like Nyquist, I’m not overly concerned about the weather’. “He loved what he did and we will all miss him”.
Cherry Wine was second, while Nyquist finished third.
Both have run well in the mud, with Exaggerator taking the Santa Anita Derby on a sloppy track and Cherry Wine breaking his maiden by nine-and-a-half lengths under similar conditions.
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‘I’ll be one of the few people doing a rain dance, ‘ Cherry Wine’s trainer, Dale Romans, said. From 2009 to 2012, the U.S. logged 5.2 incidents per 1,000 starts, with the worst accident taking place at the 2012 Charles Town Races in West Virginia where seven horses fell and only one made it to the finish line.
